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Women don't understand this movie


It's interesting to watch the typically superficial and bimbolike youtubers' reactions to this movie. The men give some kind of perspective and find the underlying theme of the materialistic society killing men's spirit and oppressing men to the point they need almost any kind of outlet for the anger and aggression this constantly expanding systematic unfairness creates.

I am a bit pissed off after watching a typical woman's reaction to this movie - she was just so shocked at everything and 'why would they do this' or 'why are they going along with him', etc.

She didn't understand AT ALL the point about men being constantly pushed while stripping their rights away (for all intents and purposes, although they are actually unalienable, individuals can consent to giving away their ability to use their rights) and the laughing at them.

Women live in privileged Ivory Tower, so they can't see how miserable men's lives are (even back when this movie was made, but nowadays much worse), and how they're made into wage slaves for their whole lives while women rip off their millions, their houses and possession in divorces and settlements that leave men sleeping on futon while women have coitus with alphas in the men's own houses while the men still have to pay for the 'lifestyle the woman is accustomed to' (actual court cases have had this kind of judgments).

This world is a 'WTF' for men, so it's completely clear and perfectly understandable that men want to break things and reset this stupid society so everyone could be MORE EQUAL, as is even stated as the motivation for blowing up those buildings in the end. Reset the debt and set everyone free and create equality that way.

I know the methods shown in this movie are over-the-top and harsh, and FORCING the 'society' to change in this manner, would never work, of course. You can't become a terrorist and still be a 'good guy', no matter how good your motivations are - you don't injure people, destroy others' property or blow up things and remain respected.

However, the women commentators and reactors NEVER understand the underlying societal critique or the motivations of the men. Men do.

It's because men LIVE the oppressed live, women live a privileged, cushy, comfortable lifestyle in air-conditioned offices (although even that is sexist now). It's men that dig the ditches, build the roads, install the wiring, fix everything, make sure sewers work, take out the garbage, and build the buildings. Men work in roasting heat and freezing cold throat-deep in sewage just so they can keep things going, while women sit in high-rise buildings in comfortable offices with amazing views, complaining about sexism and being 'unhappy'.

It's no wonder women don't understand this movie, but it still pisses me off that they don't have a sand grain's worth of empathy towards men to stop and think that wait, maybe there IS something to this.. they just want the status quo to remain intact, so they're SHOCKED when someone wants to change it.

I am shocked that women are that clueless.. but that's the world we live in. Gender is a social construction, but men should lift the heavy things and open the Lamborghini doors for women. Women don't need men, but men have to do their duty and fix that wiring or the pothole on the road.

I have sometimes seen women doing 'roadwork', but usually they do the lightest possible version of it - you'll probably never see a woman on her knees in the middle of busy traffic, installing bricks in the road, or do the dirtiest and most dangerous jobs.

"Why would anyone want to change this society?", they seem to think, while men YEARN for the society to end, reset or change to a place where even THEY have a chance for freedom and equality.

Funnily equality laws never consider how women can use their body to their advance to rake in big bucks, and men can't - at least governments and corporations should compensate by making sure men get a lot more money because they can't just become a camgirl and sit at home while bank account numbers go up dramatically. Women can.

If this isn't inequality, I don't know what is. But no, 'society' thinks women get 70 cents per man's dollar - but they don't see women's multiple paychecks from her husband(s), from her webcamming, her free drinks, free entry to everyplace, free meals paid by simps on dates women often go to just to get free food, and so on and so forth.

Why don't equality 'laws' take this into account? This is why women don't understand why anyone would want to change this system, it works SO WELL for women.

You have to live a man's life to appreciate what this movie is trying to say and understand the underlying motivations and causes.

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The woman youtuber only criticized the men's actions in this movie, but she didn't stop to realize this movie is criticizing 'society''s actions against men. She didn't understand any of it.

It's remarkable that in 2021, when equality is supposed to maybe finally start existing, women can still be this clueless.

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You base all of that on watching a single YouTube video?

You clearly have issues.

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It wasn't made for them. It's as simple as that. Movies are better when they don't have to be all things to all people.

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Women don't understand most movies. They are accustomed to watching Disney cartoons with talking animals, or TV shows. Thought provoking film is way out of their wheelhouse.

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they don't know good music either.

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Wow you people are nuts.

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I agree with most of what you said, and it's refreshing to see someone actually telling it like it is.

I expected you to get roasted in the comments by brainwashed people because truthful talk has no place in today's PC society, but glad to see that's not the case.

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My favorite part (of many) in the movie is when they see the picture of the male model on the bus and they say "is THAT what a man is suppose to look like"?

My take of that scene is We endure all this crap, and constantly get crapped on, and we cant even be ugly either? Its like we get no breaks within this society.

Its interesting that one of the main characters is a woman. But she is fringe for sure, and probably at least understands the male protagonists struggle.

If more women like Marla watched the film, im sure they wouldnt react so harshly to it. I have known TWO women in my life that truly enjoyed and understood Fight Club. They were not typical women and were kind of like Marla now thinking of it.

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